Iggy, Disco rise to challenge in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — Even though there was only one team trying to remain in postseason contention during this game, Wednesday’s 2-1 nail-biter of a Reds win over the Cardinals on a cool fall evening at Busch Stadium still provided tension and drama. Now, imagine what it would have felt like for the Reds if they were also fighting for a playoff spot.

Two pitchers the club hopes will be around when that time comes — starter Anthony DeSclafani and reliever Raisel Iglesias — didn’t shrink when tight jams came their way with the game on the line.

“That’s more than you really want to go through in one game, the 158th game of the season, I’ll tell you. I’m so tickled that we pulled that one out. A lot of things had to go right,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “That was about as satisfying a win as I’ve had here in our recent history.”

In the sixth inning with two outs, DeSclafani gave up a Stephen Piscotty single and Jhonny Peralta’s double to left field. Adam Duvall did a nice job cutting the ball off and making a quick throw to prevent the potential tying run from scoring.

DeSclafani struck out his final batter, Brandon Moss, to get out of trouble and end his …

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